ACRON,Inc.

These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.

Lew W. Reese, Jr. was seated comfortably in one of the boardrooms of ACRON, Inc. One final test and he would then be hired as one of the company's top executives with a seven figure monthly salary and all the perks. Exactly for what top level office, he was not told by the executive search committee. Our Chairman feels strongly about your name, they told him.
After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444.
He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company.
The paper read:

Hint

Answer

a.

MDAS is CFO. Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract are the 4 basic arithmetic OPERATIONS.
SANJ is CORPSEC. Sept., Apr., Nov., and June are the 4 MONTHS with 30 days.
WSOT is VP-PLANNING. Weaknesses, Strengths, Opportunities and Threats are the 4 areas of ANALYSIS in business planning.
NSEW is VP-MARKETING. North, South, East and West are 4 DIRECTIONS.

b. LWRJ is being considered as PRESIDENT because of his initials Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson are 4 PRESIDENTS whose BUSTS are in MOUNT RUSH MORE.Hide